A “terra da liberdade” e a memória estudantil: ensino de História e negritude em Benevides - Pará

Abstract

This work brings as its theme the teaching of history and its relationship with the historical memory and identity of black people. This is a research focused on the teaching of History, Having been developed in a state public school in the municipality, These people are Youth and Adult Education students (EJA). Dialogues in history classes revealed the existence of an official memory of the city that erases black people from local history. From this problem, We hypothesize that local official memory compromises the construction of a positive identity among black populations. The time frame refers to the date of creation of Law 10,639/2003, until 2023. After these twenty years, we want to know how the school we investigated worked on ethnic-racial issues during this period. To support the discussions and analyses, we brought to the debate the concepts of memory (RICOEUR, 2007; CAMILO, 2020; MISSIATTO, 2021; NORA, 1993), whiteness (SILVA, 2017; MIRANDA, 2017; BENTO, 2022) and blackness. (MUNANGA, 2012), seeking to understand identity issues that arise among black people, from the idea of power expressed in whiteness. Based on this analysis, We aim to encourage students to critically reflect on their place in the context of the identity of the black population of Benevides, shedding light on the architecture of the power of whiteness and strengthening the power of blackness. The research brings with it a qualitative methodology, with emphasis on oral history, in ethnographic research methods and documentary analysis. As a result, We propose the creation of an educational brochure on the history of abolition in Benevides and its reflections in the present, providing another perspective on this historical episode.